Urbinella

Urbinella is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae.[2][3]

Urbinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Tageteae[1]
Genus:
Urbinella

Binomial name
Urbinella palmeri
Synonyms[1]

Dyssodia palmeri (Greenm.) J.F.Macbr.

The genus is named in honor of Dr. Manuel Urbina, at one time Director of the National Museum in the Mexican capital.[2]

Species

There is only one known species, Urbinella palmeri, found only in the State of Durango in Mexico.[1][4]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Greenman, Jesse More. 1903. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39(5): 117-118 entirely in English
  3. Tropicos, Urbinella Greenm.
  4. Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93


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